"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Jacquie > wrote:
> : When I cook hubby cleans When we have family over the men do clean
> : up...Yes we trained them well..LOL.
> : That split pea soup sounds yummy...I haven't had it in so long. ...Hubby
> : doesn't like green stuff unless its in a salad Many restaurants don't
> : seem to serve it anymore..or I am there on the wrong day.
>
> I would hesitate to eat split pea soup in a restaurant. It is generally
> very thick, having been thickened by some additional starch besides he
> peas themselves. also watch any creamed spinach in restaurants, as it is
> ofen similarly thickened with either flour or cornstarch. I learned this
> the hard way some years ago.
>
> I don't make split pea soup anymore, but I do lightly lentiled lentil
> soup, usign about half of what the recipe calls for and adding oher less
> starchy vegetables. If you like it thck, puree the soup, either partly or
> entirely.

The restaurant we dined at yesterday had navy bean soup. I really wanted
some but didn't have it. Seems most restaurants these days start with some
sort of soup base and it almost always has wheat in it.